μελλητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλλω (méllō) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μελλητής • (mellētḗs) m (genitive μελλητοῦ); first declension

  1. one who delays, dawdler, procrastinator
    • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.70:
      καὶ μὴν καὶ ἄοκνοι πρὸς ὑμᾶς μελλητὰς καὶ ἀποδημηταὶ πρὸς ἐνδημοτάτους· οἴονται γὰρ οἱ μὲν τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ ἄν τι κτᾶσθαι, ὑμεῖς δὲ τῷ ἐπελθεῖν καὶ τὰ ἑτοῖμα ἂν βλάψαι.
      kaì mḕn kaì áoknoi pròs humâs mellētàs kaì apodēmētaì pròs endēmotátous; oíontai gàr hoi mèn tēî apousíāi án ti ktâsthai, humeîs dè tōî epeltheîn kaì tà hetoîma àn blápsai.
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Declension

First declension of ὁ μελλητής; τοῦ μελλητοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μελλητής
ho mellētḗs 		τὼ μελλητᾱ́
tṑ mellētā́ 		οἱ μελληταί
hoi mellētaí
Genitive τοῦ μελλητοῦ
toû mellētoû 		τοῖν μελληταῖν
toîn mellētaîn 		τῶν μελλητῶν
tôn mellētôn
Dative τῷ μελλητῇ
tōî mellētēî 		τοῖν μελληταῖν
toîn mellētaîn 		τοῖς μελληταῖς
toîs mellētaîs
Accusative τὸν μελλητήν
tòn mellētḗn 		τὼ μελλητᾱ́
tṑ mellētā́ 		τοὺς μελλητᾱ́ς
toùs mellētā́s
Vocative μελλητᾰ́
mellētắ 		μελλητᾱ́
mellētā́ 		μελληταί
mellētaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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